Power news this week

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk


POWER NEWS FROM EENEWS EUROPE

. Startup plans world’s largest data centre in Norway

. Microsemi to develop 1.7 kV and 3.3 kV SiC MOSFETS and Diodes


. €7m Australian project to develop large perovskite solar panels

TECHNOLOGIES TO WATCH
. Low power boost from ultrathin materials


. 'Biobatteries' use salt water


. Safer flexible lithium polymer batteries with freezing

NEW POWER PRODUCTS
. 60W USB Type-C power supply is plug-and-go


. Hornet DC-DC converter family targets harsh industrial and environmental designs


. Radiation hardened isolated DC-DC converter for space applications


. CMOS LDO voltage regulators drive up to 420mA for mobile designs

TECHNICAL PAPERS
. Managing the successful adoption of new low-voltage memory ICs

. Interference free cabling

. Synopsys: Saving Power in a UFS Implementation Leveraging MIPI M-PHY and UniPro